Locating a Shadowy State in Queer, Feminist Politics

Authors

Atreyee Majumder

Document Type

Commentary

Abstract

In this commentary, part of a book forum on Srila Roy’s (2022) book ”Changing the Subject: Feminist and Queer Politics in Neoliberal India”, I argue that the feminist and queer movement, in response to the neoliberal turn in India, is not totally separate from the Indian state formations. In fact, a shadowy state emerges in the affective life of citizens as an expression of what Timothy Mitchell would have called “state effect”.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1111/anhu.12490

Publication Date

7-15-2023

Recommended Citation

Majumder, Atreyee, "Locating a Shadowy State in Queer, Feminist Politics" (2023). Articles. 51.
https://repository.nls.ac.in/nls_articles/51

Journal

Anthropology and Humanism